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Image:- http://www.edenbrothers.com/store/eggplant_seeds_black_beauty.htmlAfter moving into my current home and garden over twenty years ago, I began to experiment growing fruits, vegetables, and herbs. I had little success because the fauna that visited my back yard feasted on the emerging foliage of most edible plant seedlings and always made sure to take a bite out of all produce that thrived.

Eventual, I gave up trying to grow food and confined my gardening to perennials. However, if I could, I would have cultivated the fleshy, plump, oval-shaped, purple-black eggplant - Solanum melongena – an ingredient in my favorite condiment: Eggplant Relish. Here is my time-tested recipe:-